Heaven Sent

On a walk one day, as I mulled over this “fact,” a butterfly fluttered toward me as if heaven-sent. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Her brow was clear and ample, her blue eyes cloudless, and her lips and the moulding of her face so expressive of sensibility and sweetness, that none could behold her without looking on her as of a distinct species, a being heaven-sent, and bearing a celestial stamp in all her features. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As long as you conform to the heaven-sent prescription of layers of cake, fruit, booze, custard and cream, you'll be in for a Christmas treat. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Too often they do get weird these days, so the unit called Neistat and Campbell's visit "a heaven-sent distraction from the hellfire that we just went through." ❋ David R. Kuhn (2011)

I also thought about taking another year off … truly having this year off and not having any school related anxiety has been heaven-sent. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For those of us advocating the first-time use of the Article V convention option in the US Constitution it seemed like heaven-sent blessing that the Wall Street Journal the other day published an oped article by Virginia state legislator James M. LeMunyon, a Republican. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Have you had that, too?" she queried absently, intent on the heaven-sent justification she was finding in his arms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here we have a striking lookalike, a great actress, and heaven-sent source material. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Riding with a pack of what looked like Hells Angels that were really heaven-sent was somehow surreal. ❋ L. A. Banks (2011)

When soaking her in mud fails, and when her hands drive him away -- an event punctuated by heaven-sent lightning -- he insists that father chop off her hands. ❋ Leo Stutzin (2011)

Still, the creature comforts of the lodge provided a heaven-sent contrast to the hours spent on the back of a less-than-aromatic, fly-infested camel. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This is triply sad because Mr. Obama, just this week, was handed a heaven-sent opportunity, a gift beyond his deserts. ❋ Jr. Holman W. Jenkins (2011)

But if Qualcomm is unable to sort out its license mess, it would be as if Reliance got a heaven-sent monopoly in these two markets. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A quick survey through the collected correspondence showed that most of the women involved were under the impression that Richard Whatever was their heaven-sent soul mate. ❋ J.A. Jance (2011)

1. [Jesse Lacey] is heaven sent! 2. This [coffee] is [the best] that I've ever had. It's heaven sent. ❋ Carla's Face (2005)